HealthCentral Launches a Speakers Bureau to Help Spread the Messages of Hundreds of Health Experts

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May 11, 2011, 03:06 ET

ARLINGTON, Va., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- HealthCentral (www.healthcentral.com), the leading collection of condition-specific health and wellness sites, announced the launch of their Speakers Bureau, a program designed to give patient advocates and bloggers a public platform to spread their message of health, well-being and support. The Speakers Bureau is a collection of hundreds of highly respected health bloggers, authors, activists, and survivors whose mission is to educate, support, and build relationships with those looking for health-specific answers. The program will help connect its health advocates to reporters, events, summits, conferences and much more.

Members of the Speakers Bureau provide personal, professional and passionate accounts of what it takes to manage their conditions and overall wellness. Such advocates include PJ Hamel, a breast cancer survivor and author, Ann Bartlett, living with diabetes and past board member for the Capitol Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as well as leading HIV/AIDS doctors and activists from the highly respected site, TheBody.com.

"I'm really excited about the Speakers Bureau as an extension of the work we do at HealthCentral to bring information, support, advocacy assistance, and validation to the people who turn to us for help living with difficult health issues," says Teri Robert, patient advocate, HealthCentral expert patient, and author of 'Living Well with Migraine Disease and Headaches.' "Finding relevant and accurate information online helped me when my Migraines were at their worst and wreaking havoc with my life, and I find it exciting and rewarding to be able to reach out to others who find themselves in similar situations."

"When one realizes and believes that they are not alone – that others have been through what they've been through – we gain greater courage to take control of our lives," says Christopher M. Schroeder, CEO of HealthCentral. "HealthCentral's bloggers and patient advocates aim to do just that – and through the Speakers Bureau, giving their voices and stories a broader reach will continue to help them make an impact on others' lives when it matters most."

To find out more about the Speakers Bureau – CLICK HERE.

About HealthCentral

HealthCentral (www.HealthCentral.com) empowers people to improve and take control of their health and well-being through more than 35 condition-specific and wellness interactive health sites, including #1 HIV/AIDS site TheBody.com and healthy living resource Wellsphere.com. HealthCentral is venture backed by IAC/InteractiveCorp, Polaris Ventures, Sequoia Capital, The Carlyle Group and Allen & Company.

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